friends & lovers

Happy Monday! Hope everybody had a great weekend.

Let's kick off the week with a discussion question: How close do you let your friends get with the person you're dating?

Assuming you both have different groups of buddies, an introduction has to happen at some point. You have a couple drinks, go out to dinner and then confirm your significant other has passed The Friend Test.

Fair enough, right? Sure. But what if your friends REALLY like your partner? As in, like, they exchange a deluge of Facebook friend requests the next morning.

I'm not hinting at a potential for infidelity -- I'm pointing to the fear that one day you'll break up, and it'll be impossible to cut your ex entirely out of your life because you have too many friends in common.

What's more, even when you're in a serious relationship, it's nice to have some things that are distinctly your own. Friends fall into that category.

Do you monitor the ties between your friends and your significant other?